Atlanta, GA, May 30, 2017: For six (6) weeks beginning June 6th, 2017, The NATIONAL HEPATITIS EDUCATION AND WELLNESS CENTER, INC. (NHEWC), in association with The REGINALD & DIONNE SMITH FOUNDATION, will provide a series of structured Hepatitis C (HCV) education and wellness workshops for people who are infected with and/or affected by HCV. The program entitled, Hepatitis C: You and Me, will be held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 10:00am-3:30pm alternatively at Tangu Recovery Center 159 Forsyth St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303 and Here’s to Life 1115 Ralph D. Abernathy Blvd, Atlanta, Georgia 30310.

In 2016, the National Hepatitis Education and Wellness Center, Inc. (NHEWC) provided a 32 Hepatitis C (HCV) education and wellness workshops for Veterans who are infected with and/or affected by HCV through numerous modes of transmission, including injection drug use, blood exposure during combat, jet/airgun mass immunizations, etc.

The program entitled, Hepatitis C: You and Me for Veterans, was held at the Renaissance Center in East Palo Alto, CA http://www.rencenter.org/services/mid-peninsula/locations/san-mateo-county) and the Veterans Emergency Shelter and Housing Center in San Jose, CA (http://veteranshousingfacility.org). The program was made possible through generous grants from Merck & Co. and Gilead.